Red Moscow

Chapter 2513

The two engineers who received the order, one carrying a mine detector and the other carrying a pickaxe, walked towards the explosion point where the fox was killed.

Seeing the careless look of the two people, Sokov couldn't help but frowned slightly: "Comrade Captain, there may be a mine in front of you. Your people just walked over like this without any vigilance. Is there anything going on?"

Even though Naumenko was ordered to lead the team here, he was very reluctant. He said that even if there were a few landmines on the highlands of Borodino, as long as no one stepped on them, they would not pose any threat. But since his superiors gave the order, no matter how reluctant he was, he could only bring a few soldiers to clear the mines. However, he had the same idea as the soldiers. He felt that Sokov was making a fuss. Maybe the only landmine that killed the fox was left on the high ground, and it would be gone if it exploded.

"Misha, Misha." Just as Sokov was about to give a few words of advice, he suddenly heard someone calling him from behind. Without turning around, he knew that the person coming was Yakov. He slowly turned around and looked in the direction he came from, and saw Yakov leading several soldiers with live ammunition and the curator of the museum heading towards his location.

"Yasha," Sokov didn't know how many landmines there were on this highland, but it would never go wrong to be careful, so he said to Yakov: "Follow our footprints to avoid accidentally stepping on the landmines." .”

"Comrade General," Naumenko, who was standing next to Sokov, felt unhappy when he heard this: "You are really too careful. Maybe there is only such a mine on the high ground, and it has been stepped on by that unlucky fox. ”

"Comrade Captain!" Sokov turned to Naumenko and said seriously: "Don't forget, this was once a battlefield. Since one landmine can be found, there is a high possibility that there are other mines. We can avoid unnecessary casualties by being careful."

"Comrade General, you see, my men have already begun to detect mines. He will soon tell you with facts that there are no mines on this highland at all..." Naumenko said proudly, but he had not yet spoken. After that, there was a loud noise, and then everyone saw two soldiers who were detecting mines falling in the light of the fire.

The engineers scattered around Sokov and Naumenko instinctively fell to the ground. Even Yakov and others who were walking over lay down on the snow, leaving only Sokov and Naumenko standing there. The two soldiers who were knocked down by the mines did not die. Instead, they fell around the crater, rolling and screaming.

Seeing that his men were blown over by landmines, Naumenko was stunned for a moment, then let out a roar like a wild beast, and ran towards the explosion point. Although Sokov stretched out his hand to grab him, he missed it and could only watch as he ran towards the two warriors.

Seeing his company commander risking his life and running towards his wounded comrade, the engineer soldiers who were still lying on the ground also got up and rushed towards their wounded comrade. When Sokov saw these people rushing towards the explosion site without hesitation, he couldn't help but shook his head. He felt that they were so reckless. They just ran over without even understanding the situation. Wasn't that asking for death in vain?

"Misha, Misha!" Yakov also ran over with someone at this moment, and asked Sokov breathlessly: "What happened? How could a landmine explode?"

“I don’t know.” Sokov also didn’t expect that next to the mine that killed the fox, there was another mine, which blew up all the soldiers who were detecting the mine. When he saw the strange soldiers standing next to Yakov, he frowned slightly and asked, "Yasha, who are they?"

“Misha, let me introduce you.” Yakov pointed to the captain beside him and said: “This is the garrison commander, Captain Terelenko, who once contacted me on the phone.”

Sokov remembered that during the phone call between Terelenko and Yakov, he once said that as soon as the engineering troops arrived, people would be sent to guard them immediately. When he learned that the officer standing in front of him was Terelenko, he asked coldly: "Captain Terelenko, I wonder how many people you have brought here?"

"There is only one squad, Comrade General." Terelenko replied nervously.

"What, you only brought one squad?" Hearing Terelenko's answer, Sokov became a little angry: "Didn't you say that after the engineers arrived, you would bring people to serve as guards? Now you only bring What can one class do?"

"I'm sorry, Comrade General." Seeing Sokov's anger, Terelenko quickly defended: "I learned that the number of engineers and soldiers coming was not large, and I felt that one squad of people came to serve as a guard, which should be enough."

"Comrade Captain, who gave you the right to make your own decisions?" Sokov pointed his hand in the direction they came from and said to him in a commanding tone: "I am ordering you now to mobilize at least one company of people. Come here to perform security duties."

Facing this order from Sokov, Terelenko could only reply helplessly: "Okay, Comrade General, I will mobilize the troops right away."

“Wait a minute,” Sokov stopped Terelenko just as he was about to leave, and ordered: “Remember to call another military doctor over to check the wounded’s injuries.”

“We didn’t have military doctors there at that time.”

"If you don't have a military doctor, a health worker will do." Sokov said with a straight face: "You won't tell me that you don't even have a health worker?"

"Yes, yes." Terelenko nodded this time and said, "We have a health worker, and I asked him to come over immediately to check the wounded's injuries."

Terelenko turned and ran towards the museum, where he planned to call the camp and mobilize soldiers to guard the high ground. Not long after he left, Naumenko, who looked embarrassed, came over with his men and carried the wounded engineer soldiers.

“Comrade Captain, what’s going on?” Yakov stepped forward and asked, “Aren’t they holding mine detectors? How could it explode?”

"It's a wooden mine." Naumenko said with a sad face: "In order to prevent the buried mines from being discovered by the German mine detectors, we often use wooden mines. When the mine detectors sweep over them, no metal will appear. Reaction. They just accidentally stepped on a wooden mine."

After listening to Naumenko's explanation, Sokov did not blame him, but asked with concern: "Are their lives in danger?"

"Not yet." Naumenko shook his head and said: "One person's injury is relatively minor, just his leg. The other person's injury is more serious, with injuries to his abdomen and chest, and he needs to be sent to the hospital immediately for treatment."

"I have asked the garrison captain to find the health worker. I believe he will arrive soon." Sokov said to Naumenko: "First carry them to the museum, and wait for the health worker to come and bandage their wounds before sending them to the hospital." It’s not too late to leave.”

“What should we do here?” Because of the explosion of this landmine, Naumenko’s attitude towards Sokov was much more respectful: “I am worried that other people will accidentally break into this area and cause unnecessary casualties.”

Seeing that there were still four or five soldiers brought by Terelenko here, Sokov ordered them: "You stay here as a guard and don't allow anyone to come near, so as not to cause unnecessary casualties. Understood." ?"

When Sokov and his group returned to the museum, the curator, who had returned first with Terelenko, had already arranged a room for the two injured engineers to lie in.

 Fortunately, the garrison camp was not far from the museum. As soon as the wounded lay down, the troops who received the order rushed over, including a health worker.

When Terelenko saw the health worker arriving, he immediately ordered him: "Health worker, these two soldiers were injured by landmines. Please bandage them quickly. After simple treatment, I will send someone to take them to a nearby hospital." .”

When the health workers began to debridement the wounded, Terelenko asked Sokov for instructions: "Comrade General, do you have any instructions?" "Do you have a tent?"

“What are you doing with a tent?” Terelenko asked in confusion.

"It's too cold on the highlands. If we let the soldiers go on duty in the ice and snow, I'm afraid people will be frozen before dawn." Sokov explained to Terelenko: "If there are tents, we can let the soldiers Get into the tent and get out of the wind.”

Just when Terelenko was about to send someone back to get the tent, the museum director stood up and said, "Comrade Captain, you don't have to run back and forth. We have tents here that we can lend to you first. We will return them to you when you evacuate." It’s not too late for us.”

After receiving the tent from the curator, Terelenko led his men to the Borodino Highlands, preparing to set up camp there.

Agelina, who was resting in the room, heard the noise outside and quickly came out to check. Seeing the commotion here, he came over and asked Sokov: "Misha, what happened here? Why are there so many people?"

Sokov told Agelina what had just happened on the high ground, and finally said: "The health workers are now debriding the wounded. After bandaging their wounds, they will be sent to a nearby hospital for treatment as soon as possible. .”

　　Ajelina broke into a cold sweat when she learned that there was actually a landmine near the point where the fox was killed. She grabbed Sokov's arm and said in a panic: "Misha, it was so dangerous just now. If we take a few steps forward, we might be killed by a landmine."

"Yes." Sokov nodded and said in a positive tone: "It seems that the two of us were lucky and successfully avoided the mines on the high ground."

“Tell me, will there still be landmines on the high ground?”

"I have nothing to say about this matter." Sokov stared at the open room not far away and said casually: "We will only know whether there are any remaining mines after the engineers search that area. .”

 A few minutes later, Naumenko walked out of the house. He stood at the door and looked around. After seeing Sokov, Yakov and Agelina standing together chatting, he quickly walked over.

Before the other party came to him, Sokov asked with concern: "Comrade Captain, has the wound been bandaged?"

"Not yet." Naumenko shook his head and said, "Because it is a wood mine, a lot of wood chips were produced during the explosion. It will probably take some time for the health workers to clean up all the wood chips near the wound."

Yakov took out a cigarette and handed it to Naumenko: "Would you like one?"

“Thank you, I don’t smoke.” Naumenko waved his hand and rejected the cigarette that Yakov handed over.

Yakov saw that Naumenko did not smoke, so he did not force himself. He took out a cigarette and held it in his mouth. After giving another one to Sokov, he put the cigarette case into his pocket.

Just when Yakov took out a match and was about to light both of their cigarettes, Agelina said: "I said, can you two stop smoking? There are wounded people in the room."

Even though everyone knows that this place is still some distance from the room of the wounded, let alone smoking or having a barbecue here, I am afraid it will not affect the wounded in the room. But since it was Agelina who spoke, Sokov still wanted to face her, so he put the cigarette in his ear.

“Captain Naumenko,” Sokov looked at Naumenko and asked, “How many remaining mines do you think there are on the highlands of Borodino?”

Possibly because he witnessed his subordinates being injured with his own eyes, Naumenko's attitude became extremely humble: "Comrade General, it's hard to say. We won't be able to give you an accurate answer until we test it tomorrow."

 “What are your plans?” Sokov then asked.

"I have already called the company headquarters of the engineering company and asked the remaining people to bring their equipment and come over to join us immediately." Naumenko said to Sokov: "After my people arrive, we will attack the highlands. We will conduct a wide-spread investigation to find out the distribution of the remaining landmines and carry out planned removal."

"Comrade Captain, your job is not easy." Sokov said: "Especially the existence of many wooden mines, which has caused your mine detectors to lose their effect. To clear these wooden mines, I am afraid you will pay a certain amount of casualties. .”

"Comrade General, I have a question." Naumenko waited for Sokov to finish speaking and then said hesitantly: "I don't know if I should ask."

“If you have any questions, just ask.” Sokov said generously, “Even if I’m wrong, I won’t blame you.”

“Comrade General, what I want to ask is, when you were fighting before, you found a large minefield ahead. How did you clear it?”

 This question from Naumenko really stupefied Sokov.

If it were the US military, they would definitely send engineers to clear the way ahead, use mine detectors to find where the mines are buried, dig out the mines, and detonate them in a fixed area. If they find that the mine cannot be removed, they will use blasting to detonate the mine. The Soviet army's method of clearing mines, according to the content of some later posts, was that soldiers from the punishment battalion walked in front of the mines. Use their flesh and blood to open a passage in the minefield.

However, the demining method mentioned in the post is absolutely prohibited in the troops commanded by Sokov. He usually uses engineer demining methods to clear mines laid by the German army. It is precisely because of this that he was seriously injured that time because he met a German squad pretending to be the Soviet army. The other party said that landmines were found ahead. When they were clearing the mines, he did not have any doubts. Instead, he honestly entered the enemy's arrangement. The Taoist class room was almost killed by a bomb planted inside.

“Captain Naumenko.” Sokov looked at Naumenko and said sternly: “How else can we clear the mines? Of course, engineers will clear the mines.”

“But if you are on your way and must shorten the time for demining, how do you do it?”

"This is easy to handle." Sokov said with a smile: "The mines laid by the Germans on the road are almost infantry mines to deal with our infantry. I only need to arrange a few tanks to open the road in front, and the crushing of the tracks will be enough These mines exploded, clearing a path for the infantry behind."

 (End of this chapter)